"Permitting condonation of delay petition as a matter of course for the Government would have an adverse effect on the institutionalising inefficiency and it would,
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"The safeguard embodied in Section 36-A(4) is not a mere procedural formality, but a substantive statutory protection before the period of detention beyond the prescribed
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"Merely due to registration of the case, the licence cannot be suspended. The licensing authority has not recorded any satisfaction for suspending the licence." Madhya
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"The 6th respondent or other competent authority shall consider the request of the petitioners for settling the liability in terms of the One Time Settlement Scheme
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"The governing question in contempt is not whether the subsequent decision is correct, but whether there has been clear, deliberate and willful disobedience of
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"The defence can take advantage of any statement made in the cross-examination. There is nothing in law that precludes the defence from relying on their evidence."
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"The question is whether such presumption can survive when the postal record itself establishes that the article was not delivered. In the considered opinion of this
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"It is also open for the opponent to request the concerned Court to join the proceedings through video conferencing / online mode and if such a
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"Once there is a breach of Article 22(1) of the Constitution, the power to re-arrest the accused must not be left to the discretion of
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"It very often happens in the business world that when a person starts a business as a sole proprietor, he later on converts it into
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"The proposed amendment also should not defeat the legal right accrued to the opposite party on account of lapse of time to bring on record the proposed
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"The Court trying any suit transferred or withdrawn under this section from a Court of Small Causes shall, for the purposes of such suit, be deemed to
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"On preponderance of probabilities, it can be concluded that the victim was a bona fide passenger and that absence of recovery of his ticket cannot
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"There cannot be part acceptance and part rejection of the statement of the prosecutrix for the purpose of Section 366 IPC and partial acceptance of
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"The exercise of discretion under Article 142(1) of the Constitution of India to do complete justice to the parties is because there is no
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"The rationale underlying the award of interest lies in compensating for the deprivation of the use of money lawfully due to a person." Supreme Court,
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"Right to shelter, therefore, does not mean a mere right to a roof over one's head but right to all the infrastructure necessary to enable them to
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"The opening words of Clause 32, ‘in the event of the early termination of this Charter Party’, make it clear that repossession of the Vessel is
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"The doctrine of 'falsus in uno falsus in omnibus' has not received general acceptance in different jurisdictions in India; nor has this maxim come to
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"Criminal Court while convicting an accused for commission of offence under Section 138 of the Act, cannot ignore the compensatory aspect of remedy and the
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"On preponderance of probabilities, it can be concluded that the victim was a bona fide passenger and that absence of recovery of his ticket cannot
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"There cannot be part acceptance and part rejection of the statement of the prosecutrix for the purpose of Section 366 IPC and partial acceptance of
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"The exercise of discretion under Article 142(1) of the Constitution of India to do complete justice to the parties is because there is no
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"The rationale underlying the award of interest lies in compensating for the deprivation of the use of money lawfully due to a person." Supreme Court,
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"The opening words of Clause 32, ‘in the event of the early termination of this Charter Party’, make it clear that repossession of the Vessel is
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"Under no circumstances, the respondent-father, as long as he is facing prosecution, can be considered to be a person entitled to custody of the children."
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"We hold that the Tender Years Doctrine cannot be applied as a determinative principle in the present case, and that the issue of custody must
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"The reticence of a victim of a sexual offence, or of a person compelled to witness one, may spring from fear, from shame, from social
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"The appointment of a legal aid counsel and the recording of the complete deposition of the star prosecution witness on the self-same day, without the
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"The power of alternate sentencing to cover the hiatus between 14 years and death, cannot be applied by the Sessions Courts. Hence, the sentence of life
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"The constitutional prohibition contained in Article 311(1) is attracted only where the order of dismissal or removal is passed by an authority subordinate in rank to
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"The constitutional prohibition contained in Article 311(1) is attracted only where the order of dismissal or removal is passed by an authority subordinate in rank to
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"The investigating officer or the Special Juvenile Police Unit shall engage the services of an expert in child and adolescent psychiatry/clinical psychology in consultation with
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"The police machinery cannot be utilised for the purpose of holding the husband at ransom so that he could be squeezed by the wife at
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"The investigating officer should not act in haste or take coercive actions in the form of arrest immediately. Such caution, which must necessarily accompany the
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"The two clauses are worded differently, and that difference in wording makes all the difference in law. It is the line of decisions in Sayeed
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"The adjudication by the Controlling Authority with regard to the liability was beyond its jurisdiction, as the only power conferred on the Controlling Authority
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"The proof of demand of illegal gratification, thus, is the gravamen of the offence under Sections 7 and 13(1)(d)(i) and (ii) of the Act and
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"Absence of the original document that is alleged to be forged, by itself, cannot sound the death knell of the prosecution case." Supreme Court, in a significant
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"The consistent view of this Court is to recognise the right of a Hindu widow as blossoming into an absolute right, except in cases that fall
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"Permitting condonation of delay petition as a matter of course for the Government would have an adverse effect on the institutionalising inefficiency and it would,
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"The safeguard embodied in Section 36-A(4) is not a mere procedural formality, but a substantive statutory protection before the period of detention beyond the prescribed
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"Merely due to registration of the case, the licence cannot be suspended. The licensing authority has not recorded any satisfaction for suspending the licence." Madhya
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"The 6th respondent or other competent authority shall consider the request of the petitioners for settling the liability in terms of the One Time Settlement Scheme
read more
"The governing question in contempt is not whether the subsequent decision is correct, but whether there has been clear, deliberate and willful disobedience of
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"The defence can take advantage of any statement made in the cross-examination. There is nothing in law that precludes the defence from relying on their evidence."
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"The question is whether such presumption can survive when the postal record itself establishes that the article was not delivered. In the considered opinion of this
read more
"It is also open for the opponent to request the concerned Court to join the proceedings through video conferencing / online mode and if such a
read more
"Once there is a breach of Article 22(1) of the Constitution, the power to re-arrest the accused must not be left to the discretion of
read more
"It very often happens in the business world that when a person starts a business as a sole proprietor, he later on converts it into
read more
"The proposed amendment also should not defeat the legal right accrued to the opposite party on account of lapse of time to bring on record the proposed
read more
"The Court trying any suit transferred or withdrawn under this section from a Court of Small Causes shall, for the purposes of such suit, be deemed to
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"Right to shelter, therefore, does not mean a mere right to a roof over one's head but right to all the infrastructure necessary to enable them to
read more
"The doctrine of 'falsus in uno falsus in omnibus' has not received general acceptance in different jurisdictions in India; nor has this maxim come to
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"Criminal Court while convicting an accused for commission of offence under Section 138 of the Act, cannot ignore the compensatory aspect of remedy and the
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"A contractual engagement by its very nature carries no promise of permanence. It begins with consent and ends by the terms to which the parties
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"The law will come to the aid of a person in peaceful and settled possession by injuncting even a rightful owner from using force or taking
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"Review jurisdiction is confined to correcting an error that is apparent on the face of the record — one that is self-evident and does not
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"The scrutiny on the subjective opinion or satisfaction of the authorized officer to arrest the person could not be a matter of judicial review, in
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"The doctrine of promissory estoppel cannot be invoked to compel a statutory authority to act contrary to the governing statutory framework or to confer a
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The Juvenile Justice system in India has evolved significantly over the years, reflecting the changing societal values and international commitments towards the rights of children. The Juvenile
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Cross-examination is a critical component of the adversarial legal system, particularly in India, where it serves as a powerful tool for truth discovery. The process allows the
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In the Indian legal system, judgments play a crucial role in shaping jurisprudence and guiding future cases. These judgments can be classified into two primary categories: reportable and non-reportable.
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The introduction of "The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023", "The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023", and "The Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023" marks a significant milestone in the Indian legal framework,
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